New Releases by Justine Fontes

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Running away is the only option. Benito''s father, Xavier, had been in Iraq for more than a year. When he returns, Benito''s family life is not the same. Xavier suffers from PTSD—post-traumatic stress disorder—and yells constantly. He causes such a scene at a school function that Benny is embarrassed to go to back to Southside High. Benny can''t handle seeing his dad so crazy, so he decides to run away. Will Benny find a new life? Or will he learn how to deal with his dad—through good times and bad?

For ten years, the battle raged. Thousands of ancient Greece''s best warriors battled their enemies, the Trojans, in a desperate attempt to win back King Meneleus''s beautiful wife, Helen. After a decade of fighting and thousands dead, the Greek forces suddenly fell back. Cautiously the Trojans ventured out of the city walls, where they discovered a giant wooden horse and a messenger. Should they accept this peace offering? Or is the gift horse too good to be true?

When Rob and Gabi skip school with two friends, the group makes a terrible mistake. Rob and his friends end up in a deadly accident, and suddenly Rob''s world has changed. The girl of his dreams is even blaming him for what happened. Will Rob be able to deal with the pain?

Against the odds, a peasant boy in seventeenth-century France strives to become one of the famous swordsmen known as the Musketeers, and the reader is asked to make choices throughout the story to determine the outcome.

Based on the latest direct–to–video Barbie movie, this new panorama stickerbook encourages girls to read the exciting story and then recreate the tale with reusable stickers and a two-sided play board. When Ken is kidnapped by a fairy who wants to marry him, Barbie and Raquelle put their differences aside and join forces to rescue him. A fairy, Princess Graciella, has been placed under a love spell by another fairy, Crystal, who is in love with Graciella’s boyfriend Zane, and has devised this plan to separate them. Her plan may actually work, except Barbie discovers her friends Carrie and Taylor are also fairies and enlists their help to enter this parallel fairy world, Gloss Angeles. This 16-page storybook based on the movie Barbie A Fairy Secret, is designed with a fold-out back cover that extends to become a panoramic play board. Girls can use the included reusable stickers to create their own version of the story.

The Loch Ness Monster is a creature believed to inhabit a lake in the Scottish Highlands. Most photos of Nessie have been debunked over the years, but Nessie enthusiasts point to anecdotal evidence and sonar readings as proof of the creatureu0092s existence. Your readers will dive into this entertaining and informative graphic book about Loch Ness and speculations on what really lurks in the deep, murky waters.

Vampires have long captured peopleu0092s imaginations through books, movies, and even hit television shows. What is really going on with these bat-like beings that sleep in coffins and subsist on human blood? This book delves into the mystery, legends, and origins of these bizarre creatures. Your readers can decide for themselves about the existence of vampires and whether they should stock up on garlic and wooden stakes.

Presents in graphic novel format a retelling of the African epic in which an ugly, crippled child grows up to become the liberator and founder of the great empire of old Mali.

Hopper wants to win the "Please Day" game.

A biography of Abraham Lincoln emphasizing his roles of lawyer, president, and legend.

Can you find Barry B. Benson in a hive of bees? How about Vanessa''s flat in the city? Read the story of Bee Movie and see if you can find objects like flowers, bees, and teacups in the pages of full-colour art from the film.

For ten years, the battle raged. Thousands of ancient Greece''s best warriors battled their enemies, the Trojans, in a desperate attempt to win back King Meneleus''s beautiful wife, Helen. After a decade of fighting and thousands dead, the Greek forces suddenly fell back. Cautiously the Trojans ventured out of the city walls, where they discovered a giant wooden horse and a messenger. Should they accept this peace offering? Or is the gift horse too good to be true?

Atalanta is the best hunter, swiftest runner, and the all-around most eligible bachelorette in ancient Greece. She’s also a woman with a secret: a fortune-teller has given her a stern warning to never marry. When her father—a powerful king—insists that she choose a husband, she hatches a clever plan to hold onto her freedom. Will Atalanta be able to outrun her father’s demands? Will the gods intervene in her story? And will fate catch up with her in the end?

This graphic novel tells the story of Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest, and her daughter, Persephone. Demeter rules over a perpetual summer on earth, where crops, trees, and flowers grow in abundance. Persephone, young and beautiful, unknowingly attracts the attention of the lonely god of the Underworld, Hades. Hades kidnaps Persephone, and a frantic Demeter searches in vain for her daughter. Finally, Demeter retreats to her temple in mourning. The goddess''s sorrow causes the crops to die and the ground to freeze. The first winter falls over Greece. As people begin to starve, the other Olympian gods and goddesses try to convince Demeter to accept a marriage between Persephone and Hades. But Demeter will not give up her daughter forever to the Underworld. Finally a compromise is struck: Persephone will stay with Hades for half a year (winter). When she comes back from the Underworld to spend half a year with her mother, spring returns to earth.

Hopper is one impatient bunny! He always wants to go first. Can he learn to wait his turn?

The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world...and right in their own backyards.

Every heart has a hunger. Every soul has a story. Every wish has a price. These are the truths Sam Levesque learns at the Terminal Diner. This unique anthology with continuing characters tells Sam''s story, as well as many others who discover that all roads lead to the Terminal Diner. Sam came to the Diner thanks to finding a magic Ring that grants wishes. The Ring is linked to Genie X, the immortal being who both owns and is the Terminal Diner. As the Ring wearer, Sam must decide whether or not to grant the wishes of the hungry souls who wander through the Diner''s red doors. Genie X exacts the price for each wish in blood. Written and drawn by a combination of comics legends like Michael T. "Mr. Monster" Gilbert, Don "The Nam" Lomax, Eliot "The Punisher Armory" Brown, Steve Skeates, Grass Green, and more, the DINER was created and assembled by best-selling children''s book writers Justine and Ron Fontes. For surprising tales ranging from funny to scary, visit the Terminal Diner, where Fate is served with the French fries and everyone gets their just desserts. For more information, please visit www.sonicpublishing.com.

This series meets National Curriculum Standards for: Social Studies: Culture Time, Continuity, & Change

Describes the geography, history, culture, industry, and people of Ireland

Describes the geography, history, culture, industry, and people of Russia

While sick in bed, a young boy is bored until he begins to use his imagination and soon he realizes that he feels better.

Rude Ralph only learns to be polite after no one will play with him.

Abracadella restores the colors that her sister Gloomificent''s spells take away.

Presents the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, social life and customs, state events and attractions, and notable people of Delaware.

"The kids slumped in their chairs Too glum to complain. And to make matters worse, It started to rain . . . " The Cat has arrived, and he''s got a hat full of fun to save Conrad and Sally from a boring rainy afternoon. Written in buoyant easy-to-read prose (with more than a few hilarious asides from the pesky Fish), this official movie storybook is packed with full-color photos from the first-ever live-action film of the Dr. Seuss classic, starring Mike Meyers!